Sheriff Van Duncan, who has recently faced controversy about the flag-desecration arrests and <a href="http://www.mountainx.com/news/2007/deputy_in_flag_case_not_demoted_suspended_or_fired_records_show"

***UPDATED TUESDAY, 11: 10 a.m.:*** A controversy has erupted after activist and blogger Jonas Phillips, a West Asheville

Two recent high-profile local arrests, along with government surveillance under the PATRIOT Act are spurring a group of concerned citizens

Records released by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office this afternoon show that Deputy Brian Scarborough, who came under fire for

The Faces of Asheville project, which sought to get portraits of 100 of the city’s

Sheriff Van Duncan and a press association lawyer have given conflicting opinions on the state’s public records law in releasing